Ireland's Welcome to the Stranger - Couverture souple

Nicholson, Asenath

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1901866734 ISBN 13 : 9781901866735

Editeur : The Lilliput Press Ltd, 2003

Synopsis

In May 1844, the American educator and reformer Asenath Nicholson set out from New York on a fifteen-month visit to Ireland, determined to ‘investigate the condition of the Irish poor’. Nicholson travelled on foot through much of the island, reading the Bible to the local people and sharing their hospitality. She describes a rural society that, despite great poverty, received the American visitor with generosity and kindness. Nicholson’s rich and lively account of her travels is a unique glimpse of Ireland before the Great Hunger of 1845-52.

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À propos de l'auteur

MAUREEN MURPHY is Professor of English at Hofstra University in New York. She is past President of the American Conference for Irish Studies, and has written extensively about Irish culture, folklore, literature and language. She edited Asenath Nicholson’s Annals of the Famine in Ireland (1851, reissued by Lilliput 1998).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: The Lilliput Press Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2003
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1901866734
• ISBN 13: 9781901866735
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 314
• Éditeur: Murphy Maureen
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